I know how to sex a tegu and I've seen over and over again to check for the spurs/buttons/beads but what I want to know is... what exactly ARE they and what is their purpose? Thanks!
I know how to sex a tegu and I've seen over and over again to check for the spurs/buttons/beads but what I want to know is... what exactly ARE they and what is their purpose? Thanks!
Huh, good question. I know in some animals, males actually have 'hooks' to make mating easier. They might just be an offshoot of that?
At about what age do they start to form the beads?? My little guy (??) is only 2 months but he is getting excess skin around his neck so I wonder what the first signs will be??
If you know what you're looking for, you can spot them from day 1. Otherwise, most people don't notice them until they become quite prominent, which is usually after about 6 months-1year.
Is this something that is on all tegus or just argentines? I have a columbian...
0.0.2 Colombian Tegus -- Tegusaurus Rex & Astrid
1.0 Bearded Dragon -- Zeddicus
4.3 Corn Snakes -- Drake, Lyra, Pantalaimon, Quetzal, Tanith, Esmerelda, Gwillan
0.1 Hog Island Boa -- Bella
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa -- Norbert
1.0 Ghost Honduran Milksnake -- Veil
Colombians have them as well.
Laura R (FL)
1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
1.2.0 Red Tegu
1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
7 other lizards
1 little gator
3 FL box turtle
1 Sulcata tortoise
16 snakes
5 fuzzy pets
4 little frogs
a bunch of creepy bugs
and a partridge in a pear tree
Okay, I shall start keeping an eye out for them. I probably wont be able to see them until he gets bigger though, right?
0.0.2 Colombian Tegus -- Tegusaurus Rex & Astrid
1.0 Bearded Dragon -- Zeddicus
4.3 Corn Snakes -- Drake, Lyra, Pantalaimon, Quetzal, Tanith, Esmerelda, Gwillan
0.1 Hog Island Boa -- Bella
1.0 Brazilian Rainbow Boa -- Norbert
1.0 Ghost Honduran Milksnake -- Veil
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